President Donald Trump is not speaking at the Naval Academy graduation because of a scheduling conflict. Some called it a break from tradition, but history reveals only a rough pattern.

Newly commissioned Navy and Marine Corps officers toss their hats during the U.S. Naval Academy graduation and commissioning ...

The United States Naval Academy Class of 2029 officially became fourth-class midshipmen after completing the academy's annual ...

The U.S. Naval Academy’s Class of 2029 reached the top of the Herndon Monument in two hours, 17 minutes and 36 seconds.

The U.S. Naval Academy’s freshman class completed the grueling annual rite of scaling a granite obelisk coated with vegetable ...

The U.S. Naval Academy freshman class engaged in the annual ritual of scaling a granite obelisk coated with vegetable shortening on May 13. The tradition culminates in a freshman ...

The Class of 2029 completed a right of passage at the U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday. The group completed the Herndon ...

The Naval Academy's class of 2029 completed the Herndon Monument climb in 2 hours, 17 minutes, and 36 seconds on May 13, ...

The 76-year-old tradition, where a hat is placed atop an obelisk covered in vegetable grease, saw the New Jersey governor's ...

One year after President Trump’s nuclear executive orders, federal reforms are helping turn decades of advanced nuclear ...